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Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion of knowledge about the anatomical organization of the part of the brain known as the basal ganglia, the signal processing that occurs in these structures, and the many relations both to molecular mechanisms and to cognitive functions. This book brings together the biology and computational features of the basal ganglia and their related cortical areas along with select examples of how this knowledge can be integrated into neural network models. Organized in four parts - fundamentals, motor functions and working memories, reward mechanisms, and cognitive and memory operations - the chapters present a mixture of theory, cognitive psychology, anatomy, and both cellular- and systems-level physiology written by experts in each of these areas. The editors have provided commentaries as a helpful guide to each part. Contributors include: James L. Adams, P. Apicella, Michael Arbib, Dana H. Ballard, Andrew G. Barto, J. Brian Burns, Christopher I. Connolly, Peter F. Dominey, Richard P. Dum, John Gabrieli, M. Garcia-Munoz, Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, Ann M. Graybiel, P.M. Groves, Mary M. Hayhoe, J.R. Hollerman, George Houghton, James C. Houk, Stephen Jackson, Minoru Kimura, A.B. Kirillov, Rolf Koetter, J.C. Linder, T. Ljungberg, M.S. Manley, M.E. Martone, J. Mirenowicz, C.D. Myre, Jeff Pelz, Nathalie Picard, R. Romo, S.F. Sawyer, E. Scarnati, Wolfram Schultz, Peter L. Strick, Charles J. Wilson, Jeff Wickens, Donald J. Woodward and S.J. Young.

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Joel L. Davis is Program Officer, Cognitive, Neural, and Biomolecular Science and Technology Division, Office of Naval Research.

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